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The Solana Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the Solana network’s security, decentralization, and adoption, released two ingenious developer tools that will categorically transform onchain transactions: Blinks (blockchain links), powered by Solana Actions.
These tools simplify blockchain integration across platforms, making it more accessible than ever. Solana Actions and blinks break down the traditional barriers associated with blockchain transactions, offering a seamless and user-friendly web3 experience that’s as straightforward as using everyday social media platforms.
Developers gain a powerful tool with Solana Actions, streamlining the incorporation of the Solana ecosystem’s extensive functionalities into any online application. Through an intuitive interface, users can now perform onchain transactions directly through links on websites and social media, or even QR codes.
How It Works
For example, a user can now tweet that they are starting a project and need help getting started, accompanied by a blink. This blink links directly to a transaction window embedded on the same page, allowing followers to donate instantly, without leaving X. Whether donating, betting, buying, voting, or trading, blinks make sending and receiving crypto more accessible, encouraging a mainstream, user-friendly crypto space.
“Access to blockchain protocols has long been isolated to dApps and other wallet-aware tools. Now, Actions and blinks on Solana allow any website and application on the internet to be a distribution point for onchain interactions — furthering the goal of mainstream adoption,” said Jon Wong, Head of Ecosystem Engineering at the Solana Foundation. “These simple-yet-powerful tools bring blockchain to everyone, everywhere by lowering the barriers to entry and paving the way for broader adoption of blockchain-based transactions.”
Blockchain: Easier Than Ever Before
“Actions and Blinks deliver on one of the internet’s original promises: they make experiences portable, shareable, and actionable on any surface. From your X feed you can buy a NFT, tip a creator, receive money, vote, stake, swap and so much more.” says Chris Osborn, Founder of Dialect. “Our mission at Dialect is to give developers the best tools to create these experiences for their users. We can’t wait to see what the community builds with it.”
Traditionally, engaging with blockchain protocols has been confined to dApps and other specialized tools that require wallet compatibility, creating a barrier to entry for curious tentative users. To truly propel blockchain into the mainstream, it’s crucial to dismantle these walls of exclusivity.
Getting Started
Businesses can immediately integrate Solana Actions and blinks into their current offerings.
By developing more user-friendly access points through Solana Actions and blinks, blockchain technology could become as commonplace and easy to use as traditional online services. This unprecedented advancement by Solana promises to enhance user experience, ushering in an era of widespread adoption. Blockchain technology could enable more practical benefits to be accessible for more people than solely the technologically inclined, thereby supporting innovative applications on a wider user scale.
About Solana
Solana is a blockchain built for mass adoption. It's a high-performance network that is utilized for a range of use cases, including finance, NFTs, payments, and gaming. Solana operates as a single global state machine, and is open, interoperable and decentralized. For more information, please visit https://solana.com
About Solana Foundation
The Solana Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to the decentralization, adoption, and security of the Solana network. For more information, please visit https://solana.org/
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